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StarkRavingMad posted:One of your early quests is to overcome Kasimir's alcoholism and you basically have to just wait out his alcohol withdrawal, during which his carrying strength and movement speed are reduced and he will grumble incessantly about how much he wants some booze. This is annoying but won't last forever, it eventually goes away if you just make him quit cold turkey. I think you can also taper him off with softer stuff like beer and warming tea (made from tea, sugar, and vodka at stove, it's also good if you catch a cold), but I've always just waited it out. Like real alcoholism, it's never really beaten and if you drink too much he'll go back into this state, so you have be careful about it. Huh, that's kind of interesting. I see it has a demo so I'll check it out. Thanks for the rundown.
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Lekon posted:I need to chime in to say this game is incredible. Completely awesome, and a hell of a ride. It's excitebike with gunplay and metroid power ups mechanics wise, and a hell of a dark, heavy story on top of it. The game certainly makes being an immortal coyote warrior with a gun seem to suck. There's still moments of levity and heart, and it doesn't go grim dark but holy hell, play the demo and see. Yeah, played a few of hours of it, I'd probably liken it to Super Meat Boy, in that deaths are instant and many, and restarts are quick. Definitely gives me that just one-more-try to get past this thing feel.
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Bussamove posted:A cursory look at reviews looks like currently only the host keeps any progress made in multiplayer, which is never a good design decision and incredibly disappointing. This is my biggest pet peeve! Thanks for the warning. 
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Early November has a host of interesting releases that may not come across most's radar, very soon Colony Ship: A Post Earth Role-Playing Game v1.0 (as in coming out of EA with the endgame added) is Nov 9 UnderRail: HeavyDuty DLC is Nov 3 The Talos Principle 2 is Nov 2 Tamriel Rebuilt: Andaram (bethesda-sized Morrowind expansion by modders) is sometime in early november
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bird. posted:Early November has a host of interesting releases that may not come across most's radar, very soon I'm so excited for Talos 2. I'm not hugely into puzzle games as a genre, but I had a fantastic time with The Talos Principle.
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King of Solomon posted:I'm so excited for Talos 2. I'm not hugely into puzzle games as a genre, but I had a fantastic time with The Talos Principle. After failing to get through Talos four times, the demo for 2 impressed me enough that I finally went back and beat 1. I still dislike 1 for a slew of reasons, but I'm incredibly excited for 2. Notable lack of puzzles that rely on you to wait around for a drone or your rewound self to interact with, lack of deaths forcing you to reset long puzzles that you spent a while setting up, secrets are clear on the compass and automatically saved, far more interesting tools and areas to explore rather than riffs on other stuff Croteam had made.
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Play posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2194530/YogSothoths_Yard/ Was actually about to bring this up, as I picked it up on a whim yesterday and have certainly had a fair bit of fun with it so far (currently just entering the 4th month). It's not perfect, and as you mentioned there are errors in the translation (though not that many - it's an okay translation all things considered), but it's also less than $10. I've certainly gotten my money's worth already, and I'm only like 1/3 to 1/4 (judging by their time estimation of a successful first run) through my first playthrough.
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almost1337 posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/ Does it still have the guy with the floating chair
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Atoramos posted:After failing to get through Talos four times, the demo for 2 impressed me enough that I finally went back and beat 1. I still dislike 1 for a slew of reasons, but I'm incredibly excited for 2. Did you get through Gehenna? It has some of my favorite writing of all time it's extremely cute and charming, and I think will be relevant to the storytelling for 2. Although the puzzles do get back on their bullshit something serious so I advise just looking up solutions when stuck just to progress. There were a few puzzles in Gehenna (mainly stars) where I was like"Seriously? Oh gently caress you devs" bird. fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 22, 2023 |
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Also if anyone wants a refresher before 2 our very own CannyK9 did an extremely pleasant and relaxing philosophical Let's Play of the first base game (no expansion) that's good falling asleep YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN9s4vA_ONwAN8v3nAFNv4WdRdkg2b5Jv&si=b9Gk_yvExdRSuYc1
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1860540/Star_Sign/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256960960/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1693835339 quote:Extend your arms to swing around and slingshot yourself across huge open levels in this fast 3D platformer. Discover a broken world and find your way back to the skies!
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Slay the Princessquote:You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies. No user reviews yet but the critics love this one. 10% launch discount.
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ultrafilter posted:Slay the Princess I believe this is made by the same team working on Scarlet Hollow, a visual novel game I like quite a bit. If the writing and characterization is as strong as in Scarlet Hollow, this should be pretty interesting
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ultrafilter posted:Slay the Princess There's like a dozen reviews by now. All positive. According to them, it's some really good writing. I'm not into horror stuff, but might check it out at some point anyway.
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galenanorth posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1860540/Star_Sign/ This is really pleasant. The core gameplay is nice and focused, the music sets the mood nicely, and everything else is more than good enough for a one man production. It's a bit hard on the default difficulty, but it's remarkably easy to tweak that.
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cant cook creole bream posted:There's like a dozen reviews by now. All positive. According to them, it's some really good writing. I left one just now. It is a very good game, but not very long. You can reach an ending in less than three hours, but there are many ways to get there, and you cannot see Warden fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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Three Minutes To Eight came out yesterday. It's one of them timeloop games where you have 15 minutes until you die, and then you have to start over and try to figure out what's happening. It's a point-and-click adventure, and a thing I like about it is that you're not actually on the clock in real time - it only increments by 1 minute when you change locations, so there's plenty of time to think about your next action. Another nice thing is that you get to permanently keep 1 item in your inventory on reset, so you don't have to repeat the same actions and conversations each time. Getting to ending 1 of 10 took me 2hrs, so I would guess total playtime may take somewhere around 10-15? Pretty cool, try it.
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That Dang Dad posted:no you're thinking of Love this game. Thought it was revolutionary, to be honest. I would really, REALLY like to see more audio-only games. Just a totally different experience. Only ones I'm aware of are this and Blind Drive which was a very basic experience. Anyways... https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-f01344 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNoBZQEk5k Seems to be epic only. Critic reviews are positive from what I can tell. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1146420/Relic_Space/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256933569/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1677799460 quote:Experience deeply simulated, hex-based space combat as an elite starship pilot. Explore a ruined solar system, upgrade your ship, and lead your faction to greatness in this tactical, space RPG with 4X elements. https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/Cities_Skylines_II/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256977928/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1698163155 quote:Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits. quote:I have a 13900k, 64gb of ram, and a RTX 4090, playing on a 1440p ultrawide monitor. I got 35 fps at the main menu and in game on a brand new map w/o building a single thing. Turning off motion blur and depth field increased this from 35 to 50 fps.
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cant cook creole bream posted:There's like a dozen reviews by now. All positive. According to them, it's some really good writing. Played a little bit and it's really, really good. Reviews at Overwhelmingly Positive already, we might have a sleeper hit on our hands.
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Slay the Princess is pretty good, can confirm. The way the game works, even getting to the 'proper ending' is only seeing half the game so it's pretty replayable too. Moreso (or at least jumping back through your saves) if you're into achievement hunting. You could do worse with 7ish hours of your time, 15ish for 100% (especially if you listen to all the voice acting).
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grate deceiver posted:Played a little bit and it's really, really good. Reviews at Overwhelmingly Positive already, we might have a sleeper hit on our hands. Yeah, I played for an hour or so last night and it's really good so far.
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Play posted:Love this game. Thought it was revolutionary, to be honest. I would really, REALLY like to see more audio-only games. Just a totally different experience. Only ones I'm aware of are this and Blind Drive which was a very basic experience. I remember seeing a game a few years back that was a co-op game where one player was blind and one player was deaf, so you'd end up having to work together to solve problems and complete the game.
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Spanish Matlock posted:I remember seeing a game a few years back that was a co-op game where one player was blind and one player was deaf, so you'd end up having to work together to solve problems and complete the game. Blind Trust, apparently.
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ultrafilter posted:Blind Trust, apparently. Cool idea, p ugly though and I don't really play co-op games because I'm a misanthrope The Vale was a sort of an adventure game, with equipment, quests, and a basic combat system all navigated by hearing alone. Very cool because blind people can play, but actually a cool experience for anyone. Despite not having graphics I'm guessing they aren't cheap to make though, must be tons of work recording, mixing and mapping all the sounds. Anyways, just so it doesn't look like I'm ranting about a not-new game only I care about . . . https://store.steampowered.com/app/1969010/SMYS__Show_Me_Your_Stairs/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256913111/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1666845492 quote:SMYS is a 2-4 player local-multiplayer party game. Challenge your friends in this building race to the top! Gather blocs in various minigames and then use them to build your stairs as fast as possible, use your special items wisely to disturb your friends' minds and reach the objective first. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287560/Vengeance_of_Mr_Peppermint/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256976886/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1697724567 quote:Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up. Plow through the criminal underworld to find and punish those responsible for his sister's death...before his mind unravels and his vengeance completely destroys him.
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Animal-Mother posted:That One Scene, The Game! haha, seriously
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Owl Inspector posted:Yeah the alan wake 1 remaster has remained off of steam and there’s no reason to believe that will change until epic’s entire policy does, which I do think will happen at some point considering fortnite has reached the “oops not actually infinite” part of its infinite growth and EGS itself is still just pouring money down a hole, but it’ll probably still be awhile before they cave I mean, they still own the unreal engine and between the latest release and unity shooting themselves in the foot they'll probably still be doing really well even as fortnite wanes.
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https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256977908/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1698147213 Dark Envoy quote:Dark Envoy is an RPG-adventure with tactical real-time combat and online co-op. Control a party of relic hunters in this tale of destiny, set in a conflict-torn Guns N’ Sorcery world. RPG in a techno-magic world with a focus on combat, using RTWP MOBA-esque mechanics. Play as a sister and brother who you can customize with whatever classes/skills/build you like, eventually growing to a party of 4. From the developers of Tower of Time. Very Positive 82% out of 112 reviews. Somewhat reminiscent of games like Aarklash Legacy. FutureCop fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Oct 27, 2023 |
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Plebian Parasite posted:I mean, they still own the unreal engine and between the latest release and unity shooting themselves in the foot they'll probably still be doing really well even as fortnite wanes. True but a counterpoint to make is that Sweeny is still drinking the metaverse kool-aid and is now paying companies to put their old games on steam even though the target audience for these games (old school PC Master Race) has likely already purchased these game on Steam and/or GoG. Likely resulting Epic even more money in the long term.
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